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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Gambiran Satu in Indonesia


Earthquake location -9.1684S, 114.0096WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Gambiran Satu in Indonesia on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 09:12:48 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 09:12:48 / October 23, 2024 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 114.0096 East, latitude -9.1684 South, depth = 78.651 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.651 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmkv. Unique identifier: us7000nmkv.

Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Genteng (c. 79 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Muncar (c. 64 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Srono (c. 36 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gambiran Satu (c. 22 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Genteng, Srono, Muncar. Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km S of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 114.0096° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.1684° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.651 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km S of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-23 09:12:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-23 10:09:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.708 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nmkv Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmkv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmkv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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